Faucet and air-inlet attachment



(RolodeL) I C. L. J. POKRANTZ 86 J. GQDE ST. HUBER'I'. PAUOET AND'AIR INLET ATTAGHMENT..

No. 568,921. PatentedOct. 6, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. J. POKRANTZ AND JULES CH. DE ST. HUBERT, OF SAN FRAN- CISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FAUCET AN D AIR-IN LET ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 568,921, dated October 6, 1896.

Application filed February 25, 1896. Serial No. 580,741. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: into this'stopper enters the inner end of a Be it known that we, CHARLES L. J. P- faucet D,which is made of any usual or suit- KRANTZ, a citizen of Germany, and J ULES CH. able construction, the shank being adapted to DE ST. l-IUBERT, a citizen of the United States, the particular package for which the faucet residing in the city and county of San Fran is to be used.

cisco, State of California, have invented an If used in conjunction with a cask the Improvement in Faucet and Air-Inlet Attachfaucet may have the ordinary straight shank. ments for Drawing Vines; and we hereby de- In the present case we have shown the shank clare the following to be a full, clear, and exbent so as to pass approximately centrally [0 act description of the same. through the stopper 0 and project a slight Our invention relates to a faucet and airdistance above the interior end as the demiinlet attachment for demijohns, casks, and john stands in its inverted position. other vessels containing wines and a means Along the upper side of the faucet-shank for preparing the air which is admitted into extends a small air-tube E, which is made of I 5 the Vessel so that it will not afiect the wine tin or suitable flexible metal, so that it can and cause it to deteriorate. be bent to suit the package with which it is to It consists in certain details of construction be used. The upper end of this tube within which will be more fully explained by refthe demijohn is long enough to reach very erence to the accompanying drawings, in nearly to the bottom and the highest interior 20 which--- point as the demijohn stands in its inverted Figure l is a View showing the application position. This tube extends outwardly along of my device to a demijohn. Fig. 2 is an enthe top of the faucet-shank to the exterior of larged sectional view of the air-inlet chamber. the vessel, and upon the top of the tube is fitted \Vines of the class known as clarets and a chamber F. This chamber is made of any 25 the lighter wines containing but little alcohol suitable sizeit may be one inch in diameter are easily affected by contact with the air and by one-half an inch deepand the bottom is Y soon become sour and lose their fine flavor connected with the top of the pipe E, the latand quality. They are therefore ordinarily for being perforated full of small holes to put up in bottles, and when the bottle is once form an open communication between the.

0 opened its contents must be used or the retwo. Above these openingsisadisk G,formed 8o mainder will become valueless. For this reaof fine wire-gauze, or a plate perforated with son it is not ordinarily possible to keep such exceedingly small holes. Upon the surface wines in bulk and draw from the cask or conof this plate is placed sulfur in a finely-pultaining vessel when wanted, and the dealer verized condition, such as flour of sulfur.

3 5 is obliged to go to the expense of bottles,corks, The top of the chamber F is provided with cases, and all the considerable expenses neca cover H, which may be hinged or otherwise essary in putting up the goods in this style attached and which closes down over it after of packages. Our invention is designed to thechamber is filled with sulfur, but which do away with this method of packing such allows a free access of air from above to pass 40 wines and to enable the purchaser to-draw through the sulfur, thence through the screen 0 from a large package in any quantity that is and the holes in the tube and into the vessel needed without causing deterioration of what containing the wine. remains by reason of the air coming in con The operation will then be as follows The tact with and oxidizing or souring the wine. demijohn being in its ordinary upright posi- 4 5 In the present case we have shown our detion, the faucet is introduced through the cork vice as applied to the ordinary five gallon or stopper, the whole being made air-tight, the

demijohn A, which is turned bottom up and air-tubeE having first been bent so that it will supported upon a suitable stand B fitted over extend into the upper and higher angle when it. The mouth of the demijohn or vessel is the demijohn is inverted. The demijohn is tightly closed or corked by a stopper 0, and then inverted and placed upon its stand and roo the casing F may be removed or may be empty, so that any small quantity'of wine which has possibly entered the tube E can first be al-- lowed to escape after the demijohn has been inverted. The chamber is then filled with sulfur, and the apparatus is in readiness for use. WVhenever the faucet is opened to draw any of the contents of the demijohn, air will enter into the chamberF, passing through the sulfur and into the perforated tube E, thence into the upper part of the demijohn, thus taking the place of the wine which is withdrawn and preventing such a vacuum as would prevent the flow through the faucet. By passing the air through the sulfur in this manner it is rendered innocuous to the wine and the wine will remain unchanged until the whole of the contents have been withdrawn. Any lees or sediment will naturally settle into the angle formed between the neck and the lower side of the cork and will not interfere with the drawing of the wine in clear condition.

Having thus described our invention,-what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vessel and a fancet by which its contents maybe withdrawn, of an air-tube leading from a point outside the vessel to a point into the upper part of its interior, and being formed of bendable material so that it maybe bent to suit the vessel with which it is to be used, said tube having its outer end perforated, a readily-removable casing adapted to be supported on the upper side of the faucet-shank, and to surround the inlet end of the air-tube, and a body of pulverized material contained within the casing the tube.

2. The combination with a demijohn or vessel containing wine of a faucet fitting the lower part through which the wine may be drawn, an air-tube extending from the upper interior part of the demijohn along the line of the faucet having fine perforations in the outer end for the admission of air, a chamber surrounding said outer end having a screen covering the air-inlets to the pipe, and a body of pulverized sulfur covering said screen so that air admitted to take the place of the wine when drawn must first pass through the sulfur before entering the receptacle.

3. A device to preserve wines from the direct action of atmospheric air, consisting of a containing vessel and a faucet for withdrawing the contents therefrom, a tube or passage leading from the interior of the vessel to the exterior thereof, and substantially parallel with the shank of the faucet, and having an air-inlet at its outer end to admit air to the vessel, a readily-removable casin g to be seated upon said shank and to be fitted over said outer end and means for supporting a body of pulverized material within the casing and over the air-inlet of the tube whereby the air is filtered before being admitted to the vessel.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

CHARLES L. J. POKRANTZ. J ULES CH. DE ST. HUBERT.

\Vitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, .TEssIE C. BRODIE.

through which the air passes beforeit enters 

